Two of Kogan's professors were Shuchaev and Radlov. She received professional advice and support from Petrov-Vodkin.
In 1938, she was accepted to the Leningrad Department of the Artist's Union of the USSR and took part in local and national exhibitions.
During World War 2 and the siege on Leningrad, Kogan was evacuated with her children to Siberia. Her paintings were saved in the basements of the academy until the war had ended.[1]
Kogan then emigrated to Israel in 1973 and became a known artist and educator in the country. Her art-work is still presented in the Tel Aviv Museum of Art and in the Israel Museum in Jerusalem.[2]
